2000 Texas Rangers season

2000 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
The Ballpark in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Hicks
General manager(s)	Doug Melvin
Manager(s)	Johnny Oates
Local television	KXTX-TV KXAS-TV (Tom Grieve, Bill Jones)
Local radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Vince Cotroneo) KESS-FM (Eleno Ornelas, Edgar Lopez)
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The Texas Rangers 2000 season involved the Rangers finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 71 wins and 91 losses.

Preseason

• November 2, 1999: Juan González was traded by the Texas Rangers with Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Catalanotto, Francisco Cordero, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson, and Alan Webb (minors).^[1]
• January 10, 2000: Jason McDonald signed with the Rangers as a free agent.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

Gabe Kapler

• Iván Rodríguez, C
• Rafael Palmeiro, 1B
• Luis Alicea, 2B
• Tom Evans, 3B
• Royce Clayton, SS
• Rusty Greer, LF
• Rubén Mateo, CF
• Gabe Kapler, RF
• David Segui, DH
• Kenny Rogers, LHP^[3]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	91	70	0.565	—	47–34	44–36
Seattle Mariners	91	71	0.562	½	47–34	44–37
Anaheim Angels	82	80	0.506	9½	46–35	36–45
Texas Rangers	71	91	0.438	20½	42–39	29–52

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–5	5–4	4–6	3–6	5–5	6–6	7–3	5–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	12–6
Baltimore	5–7	—	5–7	4–6	5–4	6–4	3–7	6–3	5–7	4–8	3–7	8–5	6–6	7–6	7–11
Boston	4–5	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	4–6	8–2	6–7	5–5	5–5	6–6	7–3	4–8	9–9
Chicago	6–4	6–4	5–7	—	8–5	9–3	5–7	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–5	6–4	5–5	5–5	12–6
Cleveland	6–3	4–5	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	5–7	5–8	5–5	6–6	7–2	8–2	6–4	8–4	13–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	5–7	3–9	7–6	—	5–7	7–6	8–4	6–4	7–2	4–5	5–5	3–9	10–8
Kansas City	6–6	7–3	6–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	7–5	2–8	4–8	4–8	5–5	3–7	4–6	8–10
Minnesota	3–7	3–6	2–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	5–7	—	5–5	5–7	3–9	4–6	8–4	5–4	7–11
New York	5–5	7–5	7–6	4–8	5–5	4–8	8–2	5–5	—	6–3	4–6	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–6
Oakland	8–5	8–4	5–5	3–6	6–6	4–6	8–4	7–5	3–6	—	9–4	7–2	5–7	7–3	11–7
Seattle	8–5	7–3	5–5	5–7	2–7	2–7	8–4	9–3	6–4	4–9	—	9–3	7–5	8–2	11–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	5–8	6–6	4–6	2–8	5–4	5–5	6–4	6–6	2–7	3–9	—	5–7	5–7	9–9
Texas	5–7	6–6	3–7	5–5	4–6	5–5	7–3	4–8	2–10	7–5	5–7	7–5	—	4–6	7–11
Toronto	7–5	6–7	8–4	5–5	4–8	9–3	6–4	4–5	7–5	3–7	2–8	7–5	6–4	—	9–9

Transactions

• July 3, 2000: Mark Clark was released by the Texas Rangers.^[4]
• July 19, 2000: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.^[5]
• July 28, 2000: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for David Segui.^[6]

Roster

2000 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 54 Mark Clark 30 Francisco Cordero 23 Tim Crabtree 57 Darwin Cubillán 46 Doug Davis 38 Ryan Glynn 32 Rick Helling 50 Jonathan Johnson 52 Dan Kolb 28 Esteban Loaiza 51 Mike Munoz 14 Darren Oliver 40 Matt Perisho 37 Kenny Rogers 49 Brian Sikorski 47 John Fecarotta 35 John Wetteland 59 Jeff Zimmerman		Catchers 33 Bill Haselman 55 Randy Knorr  7 Iván Rodríguez 39 B. J. Waszgis Infielders 10 Luis Alicea 27 Frank Catalanotto 11 Royce Clayton 44 Kelly Dransfeldt  6 Tom Evans 13 Mike Lamb 25 Rafael Palmeiro 24 David Segui  4 Scott Sheldon  2 Michael Young		Outfielders  3 Chad Curtis 41 Scarborough Green 29 Rusty Greer 18 Gabe Kapler 12 Ricky Ledée  1 Dave Martinez 21 Rubén Mateo  2 Jason McDonald  9 Pedro Valdés Other batters 21,28 Rubén Sierra		Manager 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 17 Dick Bosman (Pitching) 20 Bucky Dent (Bench) 48 Larry Hardy (Bullpen)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (Hitting) 12 Ed Napoleon (First Base)  5 Jerry Narron (Third Base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
• Kenny Rogers, P, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	DeMarlo Hale
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Bobby Jones and Jim Byrd
A	Charlotte Rangers	Florida State League	Jim Byrd and Bob Miscik
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Paul Carey
Rookie	Pulaski Rangers	Appalachian League	Bruce Crabbe
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Darryl Kennedy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Rangers

References

1. Juan Gonzalez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdonja02.shtml
3. 2000 Texas Rangers Roster by Baseball Almanac
4. Mark Clark Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
5. Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
6. Ricky Ledee Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com

• 2000 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 2000 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.